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19th century engraving of the Colossus of Rhodes. Ancient Greek literary sources claim that among the many deities worshipped by a typical Greek city-state (sing. polis, pl. poleis), one consistently held unique status as founding patron and protector of the polis, its citizens, governance and territories, as evidenced by the city's founding myth, and by high levels of investment in the deity ...
The history of Amun as the patron god of Thebes begins in the 20th century BC, with the construction of the Precinct of Amun-Ra at Karnak under Senusret I. The city of Thebes does not appear to have been of great significance before the 11th Dynasty.
Archaeological excavations in and around Thebes have revealed cist graves dated to Mycenaean times containing weapons, ivory, and tablets written in Linear B.Its attested name forms and relevant terms on tablets found locally or elsewhere include 𐀳𐀣𐀂, te-qa-i, [n 1] understood to be read as *Tʰēgʷai̮s (Ancient Greek: Θήβαις, Thēbais, i.e. "at Thebes", Thebes in the dative ...
Thebes, Egypt: Died: c. 287 ... He is the patron saint of several professions, locales, and kingdoms. ... they were instructed to offer sacrifices to the pagan gods ...
Still the second largest religious building ever built, it is the main house of worship for Amun, Thebes' patron deity, and the residence of the powerful Amun priesthood. What differentiated it from the many temples of Egypt is the length of time it was built over (more than 2,000 years, starting in the Middle Kingdom).
In the New Kingdom, the cult of the god would develop in different ways, especially in Memphis, his homeland, but also in Thebes, where the workers of the royal tombs honoured him as patron of craftsmen.
At Thebes there was a temple of Dionysus Lysius. [77] [78] [79] Melanaigis ... Liber was a native Roman god of wine, fertility, and prophecy, patron of Rome's ...
Aristaeus--along with Carpo of the Horae and Karpos (son of Zephyrus/Favonius and Chloris/Flora)--is also a patron god of fruit trees (Fruticulture) & vegetable plants (Olericulture), herbs & spices (herbiculture), edible flowers (floriculture) and fungi (Fungiculture), and a patron god of the arts foraging, hunting & fishing, husbandry ...